[ad_1] Press release Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Data from the phase 3 clinical trial confirm that the vaccine is effective. What The investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 was 94.1% effective in preventing symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to preliminary results from a Phase 3 clinical trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. … Read more
[ad_1] “I would expect a similar trajectory” in the United States, said Trevor Bedford, evolutionary biologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. The variant probably represents less than 1% of cases currently, he estimated, but could constitute the majority of cases by March. The variant has 23 mutations, compared to the original … Read more
[ad_1] The state’s first confirmed case of the new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus and a second suspected infection has been discovered in a pair of Colorado National Guard members sent to Elbert County to help with a home outbreak of retirement, officials said Wednesday. Colorado on Tuesday became the first state to confirm … Read more
[ad_1] Hospital officials on Tuesday called on the public to follow coronavirus precautions as cases rise and staff and space at local hospitals shrink to dangerous levels. At Riverside Community Hospital – where officials have said 214 COVID-19 patients are currently admitted – a former cafeteria was converted over the weekend to an alternative care … Read more
[ad_1] Hospital officials on Tuesday called on the public to follow coronavirus precautions as cases rise and staff and space at local hospitals shrink to dangerous levels. At Riverside Community Hospital – where officials have said 214 COVID-19 patients are currently admitted – a former cafeteria was converted over the weekend to an alternative care … Read more
[ad_1] San Luis Obispo County reports the deaths of eight other people who tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials said the patients were between 60 and 100 years old. San Luis Obispo County has had 82 deaths attributed to COVID-19. The county also added a record 576 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the county’s … Read more
[ad_1] Dr Richard Bates traveled nearly 150 miles earlier this month to pick up a cooler carrying 130 doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine from MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland to their hospital in Alpena – a town of about 10,000 people on Thunder Bay in Lake Huron. The journey takes almost three hours … Read more
[ad_1] On the same day that California reported by far its highest number of deaths since the start of the pandemic, Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said Los Angeles had crossed its own dark threshold. On Wednesday, the county went through 10,000 lives lost to Covid-19 since the start of the … Read more
[ad_1] Photo: Craevschii family (Shutterstock) The U.S. the government publishes dietary guidelines every five years, and the 2020 edition just released yesterday. There aren’t any huge changes, but babies and toddlers are included for the first time, and again we’re reminded that almost all of us eat too much sugar. The dietary guidelines form the … Read more
[ad_1] Humboldt County Joint Information Center press release: Two county residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19, and 53 new cases were reported today. The total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus now stands at 1,731. The two deceased were 80 years old and residing at the Granada Rehabilitation … Read more